Article October 30, 1926 Issue

In a recent issue of your paper there appears a report of...

Cyril G. Davies, Committee on Publication for the Transvaal, Union of South Africa,

Potchefstroom Herald

In a recent issue of your paper there appears a report of a sermon preached by a clergyman; and under the heading "Enemies of Christianity" he placed Christian Science. I trust that with your usual courtesy you will allow me space for the following reply. It is very evident to any one who knows what Christian Science is that our reverend friend was laboring under a delusion. Christian Science, as the name indicates, is the Science of Christianity, and its meaning may be briefly given as "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony" (Rudimental Divine Science by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 1). The first and second tenets of our church read as follows: "1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life. 2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ; the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in God's image and likeness" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 497).

Christian Science is indeed a "Christian" religion, for it is restoring to the world the faith in and understanding of God which Jesus taught and demonstrated in healing the sick and raising the dead, and which for about three hundred years was practiced by the early Christians. Every Wednesday evening, in Christian Science churches all over the civilized world, may be heard testimonies and experiences given by students of Christian Science who have been restored to health and cleansed from sin. A large number of the members of Christian Science churches are men and women who have been given up by doctors as incurable. The earnest, prayerful study of Science and Health, together with the Bible, has restored them to health.

I should like to mention a few things done by Christian Scientists which surely would not be called "unchristian." At the time of the great explosion at Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the great war, the Christian Scientists chartered a train and filled it with food and clothing for the thousands of homeless people at Halifax. Doctors and nurses asked if they might travel on this train, and the Christian Scientists gladly consented. During the recent tornado that swept across certain states in North America, the Christian Scientists organized special committees of workers to attend to the homeless. Large sums of money were given by the Christian Science churches to aid those in distress. During the great war, and since, a relief fund was, and is, maintained by The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, for the benefit of those in distress; and hostels were supported for the soldiers in America, England, and France. Great help was given by Christian Scientists recently to the distressed Greeks, and these acts were acknowledged by the Greek Government. Numerous other instances could be given of the ways in which Christian Scientists are endeavoring to relieve the woes of poor suffering humanity.

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